Topic: investment

Is it possible to do good in the world while also making a profit? A growing group of investors, known as “impact investors”, believe that it is.

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

This working paper series summarizes key innovations and challenges of the Clean Technology Fund. It analyzes the investment plans that the Fund has endorsed to date, and makes the case for greater emphasis on institutional capacity and governance in program design.

This report informs investors about the market potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural Base of the Pyramid (BoP) market, by looking at its opportunities, challenges, and potential paths to growth.

The under-served rural Indian market offers opportunities for investors to support the sustainable energy solutions of the future.

WRI’s new report, in collaboration with CDF-IFMR, looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.

This paper outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure.

SBA Hydro is just one of the many companies starting to bring clean energy to India’s rural poor.

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

How can the financial community better understand the financial impacts of environmental trends?

This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with energy security, water scarcity, and climate change for the real estate sector in Southeast Asia. It also discusses financial opportunities in the region’s growing green building market.

This report identifies the potential financial impacts arising from climate change and water scarcity on the food and beverage sector in South and Southeast Asia.

Despite projections, many financial analysts ignore the risks and opportunities associated with environmental trends. ENVEST seeks to change this.

The New Ventures directors answer questions about what small, sustainable companies can do to boost local economies and protect the environment.

Financial institutions are learning to protect investors–and themselves–from investments exposed to risk from climate change.

Growing Optimism for “Impact Investing”

Q&A: Kirsty Jenkinson on New Ventures and Environmental Entrepreneurship

The Clean Technology Fund: Insights for Development and Climate Finance

Power to the People: Investing in Clean Energy for the Base of the Pyramid in India

Clean Energy Solutions Bringing Light to Millions of India's Poorest Households

Q&A: Clean Energy for India’s ‘Base of the Pyramid’

Mine the Gap: Connecting Water Risks and Disclosure in the Mining Sector

Expanding the Market for Clean Energy in Rural India

Minding the Sustainability GAAP

Analyzing Environmental Trends in Asia

Surveying Risk, Building Opportunity: Financial Impacts of Energy, Water and Climate Risks on Real Estate in Asia

Weeding Risk: Financial Impacts of Climate Change and Water Scarcity on Asia’s Food and Beverage Sector

Adding Environmental Risk to the Financial Equation

Small Companies, Big Impacts

Closing the Bankers' Loophole in Emissions Reporting

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